Our approach
Teach maths with confidence
The best way to implement Effective Maths is with an investment in ongoing CPD to enable every member of staff to teach maths with confidence. Prices for the website are kept deliberately low to facilitate this.
CPD begins with the initial INSET providing an overview of the Effective Maths programme and the instructional design. Following this, the content of development days is agreed with the school.
Initial INSET
The initial INSET develops understanding about what constitutes highly effective mathematics teaching. The crucial role of developing conceptual understanding is explored as is the importance of making connections within mathematics. Participants learn about the difference between teaching that focuses too heavily on procedural understanding as opposed to teaching that combines conceptual and procedural understanding.
There is also a focus on understanding how variation supports learning, the use of language and the instructional design of the programme. Towards the end of the session time is devoted to practical matters like lesson preparation.
Development days
These days are a powerful tool that schools use to make a significant impact on teacher pedagogical knowledge and therefore their confidence. Development days consist of many elements. Typically, they involve a combination of demonstration lessons, planning support sessions (including for support staff) and classroom visits to identify whole school strengths and next steps. The outcomes of the classroom visits often inform future demonstration lessons.
There is an option to have a staff CPD session after school. These sessions cover areas like revisiting strategies for effective whole class teaching, marking, problem solving strategies, calculation methods and specific maths topic CPD (eg fractions).